Telegram-herald., 1887-02-05
THE BLOOD RED BOOK
Nina Van Zandt Tells the StO'
~ OF Her Love.
BHi SHE RlS8IED AUGUST SPIES
She Tsais "Chisairo1ss Gallant Amer
lean GentleFnen'' Over the Cos's
n Perfect Explosion o. D.
Mantle Literature.

CHIcAso. Fsb s-Mfs. N.ns Spies-f9r 50
the iaey insists Ola beng cailed-nas soi cut
Ter book containing sp.es sutoesogss sphy
LIS spescA ~ court. aud notes aud letters.
Il j. q volume 0f uinoly one psgesln 1aln-
ing red ooyef aud Is sold Tor i~ensy Ee
cents. Il A. published not by AIRS spies tat
oy Hiss Nins Van Zands. She vii have
desk room IN the 0t1ce Of Ferdinand Spies
a brother % Augua. a. lq1 - 4shiugtol 81 .
and tie book VII be sold commencing
Aondsy next
In her prriaoe Mss Van Landi tells bow
she became acquainted with spies. how she
Vas hOruhei hy DE police conspiracy
aud determined % place myself 1a Tie
side Of the persecu.ed' She conclude as
follows
Every faiT-mineei person VII arfe-
with nne that bo,h siles " a cues li0l should
be heard before tAe pabl, decide lpol IS
seniict. Onlv one side " this e esaor has
been heard. a. tie newspapers have refused
- allow any article explanatory Of ANY Cir-
cumstauce - appear lu their columns. Ia
presenting th- sketch 10 my c3mpsulofs B
place nE confidence .r tle j.-uce wilA
which they are notes for pr0loeDcnF upon
puDiIC questions Aua characters
In conclusion / W say that tf wa at
the suggestion AND earnest Icfueal al ~fs-
eral other friends and myself tLef fle au-
thor has enlarged upon his autobiography
Is e previously appears1. and has peruit-
ted its publication.
"Nl,t Was XAeil
IL true w0naniy style the moat interest
.uE part ol lhe preface IS piaee1 u p0s,-
scupt which reais
"P. IS since tne publication oi tL- liile
box WAS be au, ald before is completion
was reached an inc cie.f occlfrei which.
because oi the seusatonal character given 81
by aegent rated puDlc Iress u.eGe less
I R0.d- ~ rpiaIaliul. 5. syuTaflF q b
,le pe-a-l'et ari iawle-siy af.gt. Gated
! prisoner, soon Chan sri into s fee ls ol
amity fer ST. Spe- when ! 5e- anne person
allg acquailte1 with hiu. And from t1is
feeling of freHdsh = gradually deve.opea p
strong affection ts mere Trend many
| obstacles We're put ia ny way when visiting
the jall. To ENJOY the privileges ~ re.e
tive, % winch our mutual a.ertioL CnDtlel
We we bs amc athanced. BuI } was u-
formed that only wives were allowed tLe
privilege %! seeing their husbands outside .'
thc regular visiting days aud Il wa sls0
lntimated tAri under the n-w laiI regu ia-
uons ! would not b. permitted 10 visit tle
prisoners sny more at al. j. Wa clear 20
me ihat my efforts IN behalf of tie prison. D.
4
certain class interested I'D their esiermina-
! ton a feeling only intensified by mF social
standing and connections. it VS. cioar 10
ne that they sought 30 exclude me from all
communication wltA the prisoners and may
afnancsi. pCn this discovery. We decided
20 become husband and wife bv law
AS my parents were favorable % on-
union il was an affair tlaf concerned uy
more nor less than two II persons. Bu, a
mob Of newspaper neD respectable rOucs
many Of them hOWiel and rnvcG when
our proposed marriage became known.
! Hai committed every crime cenefninsted
| ~ Onr criminal code, these "Cnivairous,
gallant American Gentlemen could n0.
/ have villilei and 3enounoal mc more faau
( they Cid. iad = b-rG come obscure
| foreign sdrl not word would have been
said in condemnation - the marriage. Bl'
| al American girl from 'TesI@ctable ances
! Try and standing following the voice of
/ her which course alone. told io
be morsl--irsteal of the sound - dollars
I That's unprecedented, scsnaal0us-.hs
giI mus. be- silly. must have read trash
novels
"Ilad married an old invslid dehaucho
Wifn great rchce those mora gent eUfl
| wlo asssi. me uoW wolla have Landed roe
/ O. the skies and many Of ms Christian
I sisters and brethren would have sail ta
their SON, and daugite-s Very ceu-
meudaa.e a very sensible E.rI and Chose
vino sDe~ me personally hsve AWAY.
| thollhi hey SD sweot
81 prefer tae Cc-sg-e oi those "m9rai
/ pe0U.e-wno. f. seems. fauao' c1uTre
bend a love n ate '1uD'v strong .F "a sim.
! Iaritv oi menta. tastes ari pursuits. as o'.'
.e-tu their approval. aW .8.Iv pr4. .
! of tle irlrnd- fraf J have made-rc sl.
( who c.n uo aers..ai plrt and rre. zen